An edition of The Green Mile (1996)

The green mile

a novel in six parts

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An edition of The Green Mile (1996)

The green mile

a novel in six parts

by

  • ★★★★ 4.30 ·
  • 80 Ratings
  • 883 Want to read
  • 39 Currently reading
  • 148 Have read

The Green Mile is a 1996 serial novel by American writer Stephen King. It tells the story of death row supervisor Paul Edgecombe's encounter with John Coffey, an unusual inmate who displays inexplicable healing and empathetic abilities. The serial novel was originally released in six volumes before being republished as a single-volume work. The book is an example of magical realism.

The Green Mile won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel in 1996. In 1997, The Green Mile was nominated as Best Novel for the British Fantasy Award and the Locus Award. In 2003 the book was listed on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's "best-loved novel".


Contains:

  1. The Two Dead Girls
  2. The Mouse on the Mile
  3. Coffey's Hands
  4. The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix
  5. Night Journey
  6. Coffey on the Mile
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Publisher
A Signet Book
Language
English

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Subjects
horror fiction, fiction, death row inmates, prisons, Executions and executioners, jails, sisters, murder, horror, prison officials and employees, American Horror tales, mice, Serialized fiction, mystery, Juvenile fiction, Murderers, Horror tales, suspense fiction, Penitentiary, Paranormal fiction, Prisoners, death row, Prison wardens, African American healers, miracles, serialised fiction, serial, First-person narrative, nursing homes, rape, Cajuns, arsonists, Native Americans, insurance fraud, psychiatric hospitals, electrodes, electric chairs, electric current, psychics, urinary tract infections, empathy, straitjackets, solitary confinement, catatonia, supernatural, mystery and detective stories, Open Library Staff Picks, Cuentos de terror, Ficción, Prisiones, Chang pian xiao shuo, Coffey, john (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, horror, Georgia, fiction, John Coffey (Fictitious character), Large type books, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Accessible book, Protected DAISY, In library
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Bowser, Mr. Jingles, Sir Galahad, Steamboat Willie, Christopher, Danielle, Hermione, Lionel, Tessa, Curtis Anderson, Jane Austen, Kent Avery, Battle, Arlen Bitterbuck, Hank Bitterman, Will Bonney, Sam Broderick Catlett, John Coffey, Elaine Connelly, Cray, Homer Cribus, Mrs. Cribus, Jeff David, Eduard Delacroix, Roy Delfines, Cora Detterick Howard Detterick Kathe Detterick, Klaus Detterick, Marjorie Detterick, Bill Dodge, Brad Dolan, Pastor Donaldson, Duplissey, Janice Edgecombe, Paul Edgecombe, Paul Edgecombe Sr., Arthur Flanders, Toot-Toot Gibbons, Arden Hammersmith, Burt Hammersmith, Caleb Hammersmith, Cynthia Hammersmith, Miss Hannah, Dr. Haverstrom, Sam Hollis, Herbert Hoover, Brutus Howell, Chuck Howland, Mrs. Javits, Magnusson, Elmer Manfred, Bobo Marchant, Beverly McCall, Lester McCall, Rob McGee, Hal Moores, Melinda Moores, Clarence Mulford, George Peterson, Eve Price, Anthony Ray, Ringgold, Robinette, Roosevelt, Betsy Ross, Dr. Sadler, Brother Schuster, Daphne Shurtleff, Dean Stanton, Harry Terwilliger, Hack Van Hay, Percy Wetmore, Rolfe Wettermark, Mrs. Wharton, William Wharton, Richard Widmark
Places
United States, Briar Ridge, Georgia Pines, Cold Mountain Penitentiary, E Block, Green Mile, Death Row
Times
1932

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Cover of: Зеленая миля
Зеленая миля
2003, ACT
in Russian
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Cover of: The Green Mile
The Green Mile
2000, BCA
in English
Cover of: The Green Mile
The Green Mile
1999, FollettBound
in English
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The Green Mile
1999, Orion
in English
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The Green Mile
1999, BCA
in English
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The Green Mile
1999, BCA
in English
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The Green Mile
1998, Gollancz
in English
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The Green Mile
1997, Plume
in English
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The green mile: a novel in six parts
1997, Plume
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La ligne verte
1997, France loisirs
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The green mile: a novel in six parts
1996, A Signet Book
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Table of Contents

pt. 1. The two dead girls
pt. 2. The mouse on the mile
pt. 3. Coffey's hands
pt. 4. The bad death of Eduard Delacroix
pt. 5. Night journey
pt. 6. Coffey on the mile.

Edition Notes

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Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3561.I483 G74.1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
6 v. ;

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24946648M
ISBN 10
0451190491, 0451190521, 0451190548, 0451190556, 0451190564, 0451190572
ISBN 13
9780451190499, 9780451190529, 9780451190543, 9780451190550, 9780451190567, 9780451190574
OCLC/WorldCat
57584678

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This happened in 1932, when the state penitentiary was still at Cold Mountain.
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